Thursday, May 7

Bagels are nice for breakfast. But for Mother's Day brunch, it has to be bagels and lox. Nothing says "step it up a notch" quite like lox.

In a good New York deli, you might have to break a 20-dollar bill to get one. At home you can have fresh bagels, cream cheese, and lox for just a few dollars each. Ideally the bagels should still be warm from your local deli or bagel shop. Add silky lox and a thin layer of creamy, salty cream cheese and Mom will have no doubt just how much you love her.

If anyone who's likely to make me a Mothers' Day breakfast is reading this, I just want you to know that this, right here, a bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon, is my all-time favorite breakfast. Just in case you had breakfast plans....

I think of all Mother's Day breakfast ideas, this is the one mine would love the most. Unless my brother gets off his lazy butt and makes her breakfast, I suspect Mom will treat the day like any other Sunday and spend the day with her four-legged equine children, which means getting up and out early. I'm sure she'd love a good bagel to start the day - more so than anything heavier or more complicated. (In case you were wondering, I'm taking her out to dinner the night before, so that's why I was leaving Sunday morning to my brother).